Manager - Operations and Maintenance

A bachelor's degree in engineering in an engineering discipline such as mechanical, electrical, electronics, civil, structural, industrial or chemical engineering. Masters degree is preferred with fifteen years general experience in operations, maintenance and/or engineering related field with five years specific experience in management of Government facilities operations and maintenance contract on a large scale. This includes management of multi- discipline engineers. Requires personnel management skills to organize, lead, and motivate a peer group/team of managers, engineering, work management personnel and others. Requires excellent written and oral communication skills; working knowledge of information technology; knowledge of NSMS and related DOD and MIS systems used in Government contracts preferred and the capability to relay technical and budgetary planning information. Must possess excellent organizational and planning skills, ability to manage many complex priorities concurrently and work in mobilization tempo environment. Must be articulate, creative, problem solver, decision maker and change agent.Also requires thorough knowledge of general business principles, Federal Acquisition Regulations, NASA supplement thereto, contract flow down clauses and other related Federal, State and local statutes. Must be able to pass a NASA background check. Job Description : This position is contingent upon award of the MSFC Michoud Manufacturing Support and Facility Operations Contract (MSFOC) expected to start in the October 2008 time frame. Position may require employment during the contract transition phase starting in October 2008.Manage the overall operations, maintenance, and repairs of multiple plus buildings, structures, and related equipment at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), which includes manufacturing facilities. Direct and control the facilities operation, repair, and maintenance of building systems through separate Systems Engineering, Operation, and Maintenance groups. Position Responsibilities: - Perform functions to assist in the planning, managing, controlling, directing and coordinating the overall activities of other personnel to refine industrial work processes and documentation management associated with O&M, site activation, capital equipment and production budget, project administration, long range plans, facility cost projections and authorize Facility Work Requests (FWR's); in compliance with the MAF and as required by NASA subcontractors, making decisions based on conclusions for which there is little precedent.- Overall responsibility for a business segment, including cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of the operation. - Develops the basic objectives, strategies, and plans for the business segment. - Manages day-to-day operations of an organization with generally more than two hundred personnel in a complex, scientific, or highly classified operation. - Leads, directs, and guides work force in successful accomplishment of mission. Mentors, coaches, encourages, and trains the work force. Interfaces with authorized labor representatives. - Represents the O&M Division to the Chief, Center Operations Directorate and provides active support to Emergency Response/Disaster Preparedness program. - Direct the Systems Engineering organization to perform Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis on systems and equipment; to perform Energy Conservation analysis; and to perform Facility Condition Assessments (FCA) for all MAF Facility, Systems, Equipment, and Utilities (FSEU). - Direct the Systems Operation organization in managing peak efficiencies with HVAC/R, Steam Plants and Utility Control System; in coordinating Heavy Equipment and Program Critical Hardware moves to support line production operations; as well as Night Shift operations. - Direct the Systems Maintenance organization in managing minimal down time to mechanical and electrical FSEU's by employing proactive Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Predictive, Testing & Inspection (PT&I) technologies versus reactive repair actions. - Direct Work Management processes relevant to Operations and Maintenance that include planning, scheduling, estimating, data trending and financial analysis. - Ensures compliance with all rules, regulations, contract provisions, and State, local and Federal laws. As directed, attends NASA and DOD sponsored conferences and other meetings as the Operations and Maintenance Division representative. - Conduct process control analysis of various O&M elements, consulting with peer groups involving other managers, engineering, work management, logistics and other personnel who exercise full responsibility for all technical, budgetary, administrative program elements. The following program elements are typical of what supports the Operations and Maintenance daily functions (e.g., Computerized Maintenance Management System, Facility Condition Assessment, Backlog Maintenance and Repair, Long Range Fully Integrated Maintenance Planning, Work Surveillance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Outage Coordination, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity end-to-end process tasks, Logistics, Transportation, Configuration Control Management, Programmed Maintenance, etc.) to ensure that they met customer and user requirements and expectations in cost, quality, and schedule requirements. : : EOE M/F/D/V